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When San Saelee stopped for gas at a Circle 7 in Tulare, he decided to buy a $10 Scratchers ticket on a whim, California Lottery officials said.
Forget the stuffed bears. A man apparently won a $1-million California lottery ticket at the Orange County Fair last week.
A lighthearted text from a co-worker led a man to learn that he had won $1.2 million after playing the California lottery. On November 5, the night of Election Day, Michael Chavez woke up in the ...
Richard Lustig was an American man who came to prominence for winning relatively large prizes in seven state-sponsored lottery games from 1993 to 2010. His prizes totaled over $1 million. He wrote Learn How To Increase Your Chances of Winning the Lottery. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Big Spin is the California Lottery's first television game show.. It ended with a fixed top prize of $3 million and a minimum guaranteed cash prize of $1,750. The total cash and prizes given in 2007 came out to $17,872,500, the most money given away in a game show that year, therefore being "the biggest money game show on Earth" as its introduction stated.
Jerry Hicks, a Banner Elk resident, found $20 on the ground, then won $1 million on a scratch-off ticket. ... wins $1 million after buying scratch-off lottery ticket. Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY.
These are not merely catchy sayings. Even though some sources may identify a phrase as a catchphrase, this list is for those that meet the definition given in the lead section of the catchphrase article and are notable for their widespread use within the culture. This list is distinct from the list of political catchphrases.
Maybe the flaw was intentional, to encourage players to spend lots of money on lottery tickets, since the state took a cut of each ticket sold, about 35 cents on the dollar. (In 2003, the year that Jerry began playing, the state lottery would sell $1.68 billion in tickets and send $586 million of that revenue into a state fund to support K-12 ...